In one embodiment, an electronic device maintains one or more tunnel-based overlays for a communication network. The communication network includes two or more physical provider networks. The device maintains a mapping between a particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device adjusts the mapping between the particular application and the one or more overlays for the communication network. The device causes one or more routers in the communication network to route traffic for the particular application according to the adjusted mapping between the application and the one or more overlays for the communication network.
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4. The network system of claim 1, wherein the one or more tunnel-based overlays comprise IPSec tunnels.
7. The network system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the two or more physical provider networks is a first network type, and at least a second one of the two or more physical provider networks is a second network type.
8. The network system of claim 1, wherein each edge network device is operative to monitor performance of the two or more physical provider networks and report the performance to the central network controller.
11. The edge network device of claim 9, wherein the one or more tunnel-based overlays comprise IPSec tunnels.
12. The edge network device of claim 9, wherein the process when executed is further operative to receive routing information from the central network controller.
13. The edge network device of claim 9, wherein at least one of the two or more physical provider networks is a first network type, and at least a second one of the two or more physical provider networks is a second network type.
14. The edge network device of claim 9, wherein the process when executed is further operative to monitor performance of the two or more physical provider networks and report the performance to the central network controller.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein the one or more tunnel-based overlays comprise IPSec tunnels.
21. The method of claim 15, wherein at least one of the two or more physical provider networks is a first network type, and at least a second one of the two or more physical provider networks is a second network type.
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